befit

/bɪˈfɪt/ verb [T] (present participle befitting, past tense and past participle befitted) formal

Definition

› to be suitable or right for someone or something: He was given a huge welcome, as befits such a hero.

(Definition of befit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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